Khin Yu May

In this Burmese name, the given name is Khin Yu May. There is no family name.
Khin Yu May
ခင်ယုမေ
Born(1937-03-23)March 23, 1937
Rangoon, British Burma
Died23 January 2014(2014-01-23) (aged 76)
Yangon, Myanmar
Resting placeYayway Cemetery
OccupationActress
Years active1958–2008
Parent(s)Yu Swan
Kyin Myan
AwardsMyanmar Academy Award

Khin Yu May (Burmese: ခင်ယုမေ, pronounced [kʰɪ̀ɰ̃ jṵ mè]; 23 March 1937 – 23 January 2014) was a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning actress and singer.

Biography

She was born on 23 March 1937 in Yangon, Myanmar, daughter of U Yu Swan and Daw Kyin Myaing. Her sister, Khin Yu Swe, is a singer. In 1953, she began her recording career with the song May Pan Chi written by Myo Ma Thi. In 1958, she crossed over to films with a role in A-Thet by famous director Chin Sein, and I Bawa We, directed by Po Par Gyi. The Three B Company signed her to do three films, and selected her to star in the film Bo Mya Din. She won two Myanmar Academy Awards in her career: in Ko Paing Myitta in 1961 and Shwe Chi Ngwe Chi Tan Ba Lo in 1975.

She died on 23 January 2014 at the age of 76 in Yangon and cremated at Yayway Cemetery.[1][2]

Filmography

  • A Thet (1958)
  • I Bawa We (1958)
  • Bo Mya Din
  • Ko Paing Myitta (1961)
  • Shwe Chi Ngwe Chi Tan Ba Lo (1975)
  • Pale Myetyay
  • Pan Dway Ne Way
  • Hmwe Lunn thee Pan
  • Chit A Mhya
  • Tacha Gaba Ga Chit-Thu Ye
  • Pon Pama
  • Hlaing Hteit-hta Ne Kyan Taing Aung[3]

Discography

  • Yaing De Zinyaw
  • Myie Lae Lay Nae Kaw
  • Thet-Hsaing Thu Go
  • Sakar Tekkatho

References

  1. ^ "အကယ်ဒမီများရှင် မင်းသမီးကြီး ခင်ယုမေ ကွယ်လွန်". BBC Burmese (in Burmese). 24 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ ရွှေအောင် (2014-01-25). "အဆိုတော် ရုပ်ရှင်မင်းသမီး ခင်ယုမေ ကွယ်လွန်". DVB (in Burmese). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ^ Lu Pan Nge; Kay Khaing (December 2006). "Khin Yu May". People Magazine Myanmar (5): 229.